Sir John Malcolm and the Creation of British India [electronic resource] /
Harrington, J.author.
Through his writings, the leading East India Company servant, Sir John Malcolm helped to shape the historical thought of British empire-building in India. This book uses his works to examine the intellectual history of British expansion in South Asia, and shed light on the history of orientalism and indirect rule and the formation of British power.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sir John Malcolm and the British Empire in India -- The political history of India and the creation of an historiography of imperial conquest -- Sir John Malcolm and the history of modern Asia -- Sir John Malcolm's Memoir of central India : the historic case for indirect rule -- Sir John Malcolm and the government of India after 1818 -- The history of the East India Company II : the Life of Robert, Lord Clive -- Conclusion: British India before 1857 and the writings of Sir John Malcolm.
Through his writings, the leading East India Company servant, Sir John Malcolm helped to shape the historical thought of British empire-building in India. This book uses his works to examine the intellectual history of British expansion in South Asia, and shed light on the history of orientalism and indirect rule and the formation of British power.
Malcolm, John, 1769-1833
Malcolm, John, 1769-1833
East India Company
Asia—History.
Imperialism.
Great Britain—History.
History, Modern.
Asian History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
History of South Asia.